POSER RELEASE NOTES Thanks for you interest in Poser 12. This is an Early Access release meaning that that some features are still being refined and subsequent downloads/installs of updates may be required. In-app notifications will be received when an update is available. Any Known Issues with this release are listed under "Known Issues" below. Poser 12.0.340 - 2020-12-22 -------------------------------- - Included Content Scene files no longer display errors loading the following: Victorian Giftshop, Romantic Bedroom, Garden Fireplace. #755, #664 - Reduce Polygons has been added back to the Object menu #754, #649, - The PostFX palette Export Image no longer saves an additional _Original image when there's no post effect applied. #756 - Several improvements to Japanese localization. #763, #764, #765 - The Included Content Meeting Point scenes properly display thumbnails. #8 Poser 12.0.322 - 2020-12-08 -------------------------------- - Enabled hashing of Figures and Actor objects in PoserPython #744, #656 - Fixed equals for parm objects, also made them hashable so PoserPython can compare Parameter objects. #747, #660 - Added under Scripts > Utility menu, InspectionTool.py script to allow wxPython widget inspection Tool to run. #750, #662 - Middle button mouse zoom scroll slowed down making it smoother on Windows. #729 - Improvement to the Export Image button in the PostFX palette, no longer need to apply PostFX first. #753 - Partial fix for seams showing in SSS when traditional skinning is used. Now works in single object case where scatter_group_id matches (CPU & CUDA only) #679, #628, #624 Poser 12.0.316 - 2020-12-04 -------------------------------- - "Export Image..." button added to the PostFx palette to replace the Poser 11 Tear off button in the Render window. #743 - Added new configurations for CUDA for additional Nvidia RTX 30XX (Ampere) support. Note that older boards may drop off support. #712, #640 - Fixed issue with the Cameras() function so Python Camera list script now returns camera parented with a figure. #741, #657 Poser 12.0.314 - 2020-12-01 -------------------------------- - Python Equality operator now works on objects, fixed rich comparison functions for many Python wrapper objects. #727, #647 - Shader Node Outputs Python methods, fixed many errors in comparing Python objects #714, #636 - Python Addons no longer gets caught in an infinite loop fixing the crash. #710, #654 - ShaderNode equivalency behavior in Poser 12 is now consistent with Poser 11. #716, #635. - Fixed exporting aux layers in SuperFly renders as .PSD and .PNG the “_Original” layer is no longer dark. #687, Poser 12.0.306 - 2020-11-25 -------------------------------- - Edit menu Copy Picture no longer produces a dark image when pasting into an image editor. #607, #570 - Fixed issue with extra render files left behind even when PostFX or Auxiliary Layers not specified. #728 Known Issues: - sporatic reports of content related render crashes, currently being investigated - PoserPython scripting issue reported with equality operator on objects Poser 12.0.300 - 2020-11-20 -------------------------------- - Rendering with Separate Process On and with Render in Background no longer causes crash. #703 - SuperFly render settings option to Apply Post effects to Render now has an Open PostFX button that allows you to set the adjustments before rendering. #439 - SuperFly render settings now allow user to select multiple GPUs for hardware render. #661, #573 - Local and remote queue rendering now allows GPU for SuperFly renders. #483, #350 - Setting the camera shutter open/close values gives improved results for SuperFly 3D motion blur. Not currently setup for Queue rendering. #707, #224 - File locator dialog now launches when opening scenes that have missing image maps or environment textures. A warning also prompts when textures exceeds 4096 pixels. #671 - Cycles Mix Blend option nodes improved consistency between Poser 11 & 12. #686 - The new SuperFly auxiliary layer options are no longer linked to the FireFly auxiliary layer options. (#644) - Windows installer backup preferences option updated for clarity, now reads "Backup and replace preference files" #702 - Blinn, EZ Blinn node hooked up to the Poser Surface root again renders correctly in SuperFly. #678 Poser 12.0.288 - 2020-11-12 -------------------------------- - Emissive materials are back to rendering in SuperFly correctly, no longer renders invisible, fixed when the Cycle Math nodes were fixed. #697, #617 - Ctrl-click on button in Python Palette to start the editor set in the Poser Preferences properly loads file to the selected editor. #698, #614 - SuperFly render progress bar is back to displaying both text and graphical status. #608 - SuperFly render settings and PostFX dialogs are now localized for German & Japanese. Note: Render presets for both SuperFly and FireFly are not yet localized. #666 - Cycles Texture Coordinate node in particular, reflections between Poser 11 and 12 have been fixed, the main issue was display, it now draws the UV output instead of the generated output. #636, #572 - Consistent Queue Manager local and remote rendering results between both Windows 10 setup and Win/Mac cross-platform setup. #483, #350 Poser 12.0.282 - 2020-11-09 -------------------------------- - Post effects are now being applied to Queue Manager renders. #673 - Exporting rendered image file now saves out two versions. Any time PostFx is applied it saves the pre-postfx as _Original. #685 - Proper naming convention for image sequences with render setting auxiliary layers. #677 - Cycles Math and Vector Math nodes was improved and contain some new optional inputs. - Average node is no longer available and has been converted to Maximum. #680, #681, #684 - Python scripts from partners have been temporarily disabled for upgrade to Python 3 & refactoring by RPublishing staff #683 Poser 12.0.276 - 2020-11-06 -------------------------------- - Shader XML issues triggered by EZDome fixed (#675) - Vector type input is not a menu choice but a number (#598) Known Issues (high priority for next update): - Superfly renders can vary from Poser 11 due to Cycles 2 shader implementations - Raytrace Preview function not working consistently Poser 12.0.274 - 2020-11-05 -------------------------------- - Queue Manager remote rendering network comms fixes #672 - Queue Manager setting added for verbose logging of network comms Poser 12.0.272 - 2020-11-05 -------------------------------- - WxPython fix, poser.WxApp() no longer crashes. #665 - Cycles Surface image texture now loads in correct projection from Poser 11 to Poser 12. #633, #582 - EnvironmentMap node uses equirectangular as default. flipping values now fixed #618, #561 - Mapping node no longer has duplicate fields. #615 - SuperFly Raytrace Preview has no longer Depth of Field turned on. #663, #607 (edited) Poser 12.0.261 - 2020-11-01 -------------------------------- - Local Queue renders work & saving out with the correct PostFX setting (tested in b257). - Scripts menu is repopulated with previous Python scripts. #638 - New SuperFly render presets updated and added to included Adaptive. #658 - Fixed Python threading crash bug. #640 - Python no longer randomly offers to delete figure. #662 - Python CollectSceneInventory script fixed #654 Poser 12.0.247 - 2020-10-30 -------------------------------- - Import background image/ movie no longer renders out corrupted. #606 - Crash fixed SuperFly auxiliary layer options exported as .psd. #645 - Auxiliary layer options now can be exported from main File menu Export image, as well as the Render tab. #647 - Auto Refresh Raytrace Preview improved. #266 - Non-Branched GPU Render Presets now switch to GPU. #616, #559 - Background render with SuperFly auxiliary layer options no longer creates two rendered images. #649 - Cycles image node outputs Alpha, solves using PNG (with Alpha) as material mask. #244, #16. - Color chooser dot for ground now works but requires a repaint by going to the Material Room. #317 - Partial materials are no longer allowed in the Assign tab. #573, #556 - Temporarily removed or disabled: Cycles Principled Volume shader node, SuperFly auxiliary Mist layer #650, 2D motion blur #432 Poser 12.0.242 - 2020-10-29 -------------------------------- - New Poser 12 art for Splash screen & About page. #642 - Content installed items no longer require a Poser restart before appear in search. #610 - Goal CenterOfMass no longer appears after assigning a material. #512, #440 - SuperFly render settings UI has been slightly modified and now has new aux layer options. Poser 12.0.236 - 2020-10-26 -------------------------------- - Fixed Python 3 import numpy library #625, #575 - Fixed right side artifact on renders bug #626, #571 - HiveWire figures no longer crash in the Material Room or when rendering #613, #558 - Pose (PZ2) icons now have identifying thumbnail #621 - SuperFly Tileable shaders, several Basic Shader in the Content library no longer crash. - SuperFly Math Function on Alternative Specular no longer washed out. Poser 12.0.228 - 2020-10-23 -------------------------------- - Added searchable HTML Poser Manual & linked in Help menu - Added PIL & Pillow to Python modules #614, #563 - UI dots now incorporate splitter data #579 - SuperFly larger bucket size works for Background Rendering. #605, #560 - SuperFly Progressive Refinement fixed #597 Poser 12.0.226 - 2020-10-22 -------------------------------- - SuperFly render engine updated to Cycles 2 with several new Render settings, improved performance with Optix, Adaptive Sampling ... - Sketch and Preview (tmp) renders now deactivate the PostFX palette. #585 - Two remaining issues fixed with the FireFly Auxiliary UV-Position map. #559, #543. - Python, wxWidgets & wxPython updated to recent stable versions - Several issues fixed with wxWidgets & Open GL. Document viewport no longer goes black. #595, #594, #590 - Material Assignment tab in Material room: Buttons are now grayed out when they cannot be used.#564, #519 - Fixed random crashes when running render scripts. #335, #87 - New indication icons in library of content type or use.#534, #297 - Undo Delete Group allowed in the Grouping Tool. #339, #51 - Library palette double-check button issues and documentation updated. #498 - Several Python scripts updated (Python 2.7 -> 3.7) and some obsolete scripts removed. #549 - Lights applied from library obey Library Preference Double-click add to scene. #299, #7 Poser 12.0.203 - 2020-10-08 -------------------------------- - Crash fixed in Material Room when object material group name contains a “:” #561, #527 - Crash fixed if you clear recent materials in the Assign Material palette. #555 - Crash fixed when deselecting display elements. #525, #445 - Viewport state are now properly saved between sessions. #524, #187 - Assign Material Panel no longer accepts non-material files. #547, #517. - Drag/drop a material to the Edit Material palette no longer allowed on Windows. #520 - Fixed double file extension when appending the new extension if it doesn’t match the existing extension. #553 - In the Display Control in one case “Element” changes to “Object” in the UI. #552, #490 - Room help for material nodes (custom inputs, normal maps) are now readable. #568 Poser 12.0.186 - 2020-09-24 -------------------------------- - FireFly Auxiliary render maps are now the same with Poser 11. #536, #463 - FireFly now saves out all auxiliary option renders. #537, #450 - Right-click refresh option for thumbnails in the Recent Render. #535, #454 - When no image is selected in the Recent Render palette the menu items are deactivated. #542 - The “parameter changed dot” has been upgraded to a better visible green color. #538, #466 - When creating a new morph default Min and Max limits settings have been changed to more usable default settings. #541, #465 - The split morph limits from the original morph are now carried over. #540, #461 - Materials Assign Room option added to remove materials from the palette. #533, #462 - Popup message to alert users that an instance is already running is in place when attempting to launch Poser immediately after quitting. #539, #467 - If no preferred scene exists this is now handled by force loading the default scene. #450, #154 - Keyframe Category List from Animation Palette removed. #392 - A ball object preview has replaced the head object in the Material Room. Poser 12.0.171 - 2020-09-11 -------------------------------- - Poser no longer crashes when importing fbx from Studio or with custom Poser character. #507, 434 - Poser no longer intermittently launches to a failed content library. #496, #374, #445 - Split morph now retains its newly entered names. (#521) - Mac: The material dragged to the Material Assignment palette previews the thumbnail correctly. #506 - Cosmetic improvements to the Material Assignment palette when the dock is opened. #505 Poser 12.0.154 - 2020-08-26 -------------------------------- - Material Room Simple palette replaced with new Material Assignment palette. Advanced palette renamed Edit. - Grouping a figure or object now displays in hierarchy choosers. #223 and #455 - Double checks hidden in Library palette (when Grid off). #498 - Copy image correctly copying displayed image. #471 - Library search shows complete results without resizing the palette. #444 Poser 12.0.137 - 2020-08-07 -------------------------------- - Crash fixed when modifying material nodes. #323 and #472 - More Poser 11 references removed from Poser User Reference Manual PDF. #491 - Poser Reference Manual now makes reference to Deformer Simple Transforms checkbox. #60 and #354 - Deformer Use Simple Transform checkbox works again. #354 and #495 - Reduce Polygons removed under the Object menu. #490 - Poser Pro figures and Poser Pro Tutorial files no longer installed to the main Poser content library. #464 Poser 12.0.122 - 2020-07-24 -------------------------------- - Many small bug fixes - Fixed occasional, intermittent Renderosity login issue to Purchases in Poser. #475 - Fixed freezing when port or tracking controls get stuck in a modal menu. #317 #481 - No more long delay closing Poser, shutdown no longer prolonged by analytics final web call. #474 - Fixed crash on exit. #198 - Attempting to open actor selection history with right click on No Actor no longer crashes. #473 - Included content now allows multiple installs without error downloads occurring. #449 - Recent Render Show in Explorer now correctly locates denoised fx images. #416 - Install From Zip Archive now has the ability to browse to different path button to save the content. #468 - Magnet’s strength dial now named when created. #434 - Improvement on library menu scrollbars, improved accessibility lower portion when menu is cutoff by UI size changes. #459 and #413 - Superfly render settings resolution button now always labelled Preview dimensions instead of 640x480. #457 - “File...New” no longer prompts for missing texture “Black Texture.png” #454 - Updates to "Poser Reference Manual.pdf" (English version) * All instances of Poser 11 changed to Poser 12 * All instances of Poser Pro changed to Poser * "Poser Only Feature" icons removed from all screen caps where they appeared * Verified URLs in manual and updated as needed (several of the resource URLs in intro section and EULA redirected to new URLs. Those have been updated.) * Updated EULA section in "Installing Poser" chapter to update links to the URLs that they redirected to. Please review EULA and links for accuracy. * Removed the "Tip", "Note" and "Warning" icons as they were misaligned in latest version of InDesign. All notes, tips, and warnings still display with red text, and paragraphs have a red line above and below the paragraph to stand out better. * Deleted Face Room chapter * Deleted Wardrobe Wizard chapter * Deleted Kinect Capture section * Deleted "3D Basics" appendix * Deleted "Basics of Materials" chapter * Removed "What's New in Poser 11" items. Poser 12 new and enhanced features will be updated as added to the manual. * Removed Download Manager sections * Removed old Activating Poser text, replaced with updated steps * Removed Project Guide section * Removed Uploading to Facebook section * Removed Figure > Genitalia command description * Removed Flash Option from Rendering Animations chapter * Removed Figure > Figure Height command info * Chapter 7: Library many screen shots updated. Purchases Tab information added. Search instructions updated to current. * Corrected Poser Software links that still navigated to Smith Micro when clicked * Split manual into individual chapters in source files. All cross-reference links have been updated. Poser 12.0.101 - 2020-07-10 -------------------------------- - Poser 12 user preferences and application data now resides in a "Poser" folder instead of "Poser Pro" folder. #461 - The render cache folder now resides in a "Poser" folder instead of "Poser Pro" folder. #463 - Switching between Purchases and Included no longer crashes. #377 - Included Content Library intact after a clean Poser install using previous or existing preferences. #429 - Added ability to hit Install after an error downloading Included content. #449 Poser 12.0.95 - 2020-07-06 ------------------------------- - Fixed crash when loading scenes containing Flash Movie information in them. #447 - De-noised render now includes alpha channel in exported PNG images. #451 - Fixed PostFX window repainting artifact on Windows. #443 - Fixed missing help text on Render Dimension Button. #452 Poser 12.0.88 - 2020-07-01 -------------------------------- - Extended Purchases tab in Content Library to handle download/install of "Included" content #324 - Support installers no longer required, only main installer required - Addition of PostFX operations on renders & animation: Denoise, Exposure, Saturation #328 - Added detailed usage analytics collection/reporting when authorized by user #186 - Added ability to copy log window text with [ctrl]+C, cmd+C #341 - "Deleted" Renders now get removed successfully from Recent Renders palette. #276 - Face Room removed in favor of 3rd-party solutions & vendor products - Path Palette feature has been removed - Kinect support removed on Windows - Flash support removed since no longer relevant - Decimation disabled until it can be improved - Remove unseen polys disabled until it can be improved - FBX import no longer adds random numbers when selecting body parts in the Properties palette (#421) Poser 11.3.818 - Released 2020-06-07 ------------------------------------ - Reworked previous crash fix that would cause geometry to be null when it wasn’t. This fixes missing morph copy for non-unimesh. #337 - Fixed a setup room memory corruption bug discovered while testing - Fixed registration issue where name/email not always required #371 Poser 11.3 - Released 2020-03-19 -------------------------------- IMPROVEMENTS: - Added Purchases Tab to Content Library to easily download/sync content purchased in store - Improved Search function in Content Library to return more specific results to query terms - Added support for NVIDIA RTX (Turing architecture) GPU cards with SuperFly - Changed to detect Operating System language settings & launch Poser in same language when possible - Fixed various issues related to Catalina on Mac - Mac build process updated and modernized to support Catalina and latest XCode tools - Added the ability to remove missing runtimes. Missing runtimes appear grayed in the remove runtimes menu. - The content library now gives an icon of what materials are MT5 or MC6. (#137) - Versioning in Properties Details (Win) and Get Info about app (Mac) are now in sync with current build number. (#220) - Windows build process updated and modernized to support latest Visual Studio tools - Updates to Windows Component Libraries (Python 2.7.17, latest FBX and Alembix export formats) - LaFemme updates in preparation for release of separate L'Homme figure - LaFemm in correct memorized state for consistency with pose sets - New stand-alone L'Homme figure for improved content creation process - Faster loading of default scene load time by using PMD - Mac: EXR files now displays properly at the end, after the render completes. Some very bright pixels no longer turn black. #135 - Now includes scale data in Expression, hand and Poses saved to the library enabling custom characters and expressions - Retime animation dialog now has additional radio button to retime everything in the scene. - Added ability to export joint center dependencies for animated centers to File > Export > Morph injection ... BUG FIXES: - Ray Trace preview now gets updated pose (#148) - Firefly render previews in Material Room display correctly, not washed out. (#157) - Mac: Pressing Fn key only on MBP laptop keyboard no longer crashes. Caps Lock on a Mac keyboard for desktop no longer crashes. (#211) - Import a sound file on Poser Mac OS X Catalina no longer crashes Poser. (#163) - Saving movie file on Catalina no longer crashes Poser (#189) - Mac: FFRender now gets releases after attempting to cancel Render in Background. (#196) - Mac: Docking a Custom Parameter then File>New clears out correctly. (#203) - Mac: Catalina: Custom Parameters Palette allows adding dials again. (#194) - Added Pauline Walk Designer figure so Walk Designer will launch without warnings. - Queue Manager stand alone installer is available again. - XMP files for saved figures now branding as Bondware (#250) - The Wind Force gadget no longer appears in Renders (#219) - Adding a circle and polyline measurement without any points no longer crashes. (#216) - Scroll bar remains in Local Search after toggling search from store (#193) - Fixed reversed normals on Alembic exports fixing compatibility with Marvelous Designer and other apps. - Subdivision values for Preview and Render can be set differently on the body. #261 and #228 - Render in background, separate render, QM render (FFRenders) now applies Glass_Bsdf node roughness in SuperFly renders. #235 - Export>ZBrush now writes out a file to a destination location and with the saved file name. (#179) - Windows: Cloth and Hair dynamic simulations remain during an unsaved session. (#270 #288) - Windows build version is now present in the main installer. (#313) - Mac OSX: Queue Manager jobs on distributed successfully on Catalina nodes both locally and remotely. (#221) - Queue Manager successfully renders scene with cloth and hair dynamics sims. (#310) - Cloth and Hair dynamic sims are now preserved in preferred state on unsaved scenes. (#312) - Custom pose symmetry fixed to flip centerline actors and include the unusually named parts correctly. #315 - Mac: Jumping from room to room, the UI no longer messes up on the Mac. #223 - Fix for exporting morph injection files to maintain more dependencies. - Option added to dialog to preserve existing geometry when saving a figure to library (for content creators). #319 Poser 11.2 - Released 2019-09-20 ---------------------------------------- - Bridge Release to Bondware Ownership - Changes to SuperFly defaults & Presets to improve usability - Made Help/Manuals language specific - Added ability in to search store for products/assets in Content Library - Added ability to change UI Language inside the app - Set La Femme as Figure Default Scene - New License Management with 21-day free trial, offline grace period, multi-seat licenses - Many, many bug fixes